badxgillen Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 The meeting at Garret's Was a BLAST!!! With Dave"Earth Bound" working the grill,Garret talking coral while running the show,Roy and his great presentation with pictures to match, and a full roster of TPA crew to assist the large turnout. There was a pretty good coral exchange going on and some extremely generous reefers helping out their fellow members,really cool to see the PNWMAS community just go wild. and now a few pics. First the Host with the most...Coral that is!(naughty) The G-Man Our ex-prez Roy gave us an awesome slide show with fantastic pictures. Many corals,anemones, and fish that I would love to have in my tank. Seeing some of these animals in the native waters as well as the Huge table acros and fields of staghorns was nothing short of impressive. I hope Roy posts a pic heavy thread with some of those shots he had shown for those who did not make it to this event. Here he is hiding behind the skimmers...Actually it was me who was lurking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badxgillen Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 One of our new board members Randy was there to add to the mix of familiar faces. He also brought me some really nice pieces of coral.Great reviews on the Reef Star too,Thanks for the chat and the frags my friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badxgillen Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 JManrow it was nice meeting you in person,glad you made it out.As I said before if you find yourself planning a trip that comes through Corvallis let me know and maybe we can hang out for a bit and chat about the hobby more. You can see I indeed do still run a halide and they still grow mad coral. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robyna_baby Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Great pics!! We were so sad to miss it but glad it was an awesome turn out and everyone had a great time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badxgillen Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 By the end of talking with Gumby I was envious. He has a taste for some of the more exotic corals and he shared a few pictures of some insane corals. I have a few from a previous meeting at Jeffs and I look forward to another trade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badxgillen Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 Robyna the meetings at Garret's are always pleasant ones and I am sure there will be another one in the near future,I look forward to it. Here we have the grill master and fellow skilled coral keeper Earthbound,thanks for the burgers friend and the frags I got from you look great,more like mini colonies.Super happy. Looks like I am not the only one having a good time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badxgillen Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 Andy and Jim in an engaging conversation about coral of all things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badxgillen Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 Bicycle bill enjoying the TPA display tank after we had a good chat about fragging methods. I wonder if he is thinking about fragging out of the tank? Can't help but gaze into its awesomeness. I know these two were prospecting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badxgillen Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 And then there is this guy,he had me sold on a few items,thanks for the coral man. I will see about snagging you some zoas for the next time i am over your way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerk1985 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 It was alot of fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerk1985 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Oh robert, you always snag the best pictures of me. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badxgillen Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 Sorry man I had a couple others but I really like the hand gestures. I communicate in a similar manner when I am getting into the subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashy Fins Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Nice seeing everyone! Fortunately, the fragging some of us had in mind did not happen; as a result, both Scott's fairies lived to swim another day. (fish) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badxgillen Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 I had to pass on the wrasse for some prime coral and that would leave the whole faerie wrasse colony up for grabs. Did you see all of those baby seahorses? Talk about a herd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bicyclebill Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 There were Scott's fairy wrasses for sale???? I am totally looking for one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higher Thinking Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 And then there is this guy,he had me sold on a few items,thanks for the coral man. I will see about snagging you some zoas for the next time i am over your way. HAHA, "THIS guy."rofl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylaster Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Great pictures, was nice seeing everyone there. I hope everyone enjoyed the slideshow. Ill get it posted up so anyone that missed it can take a look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badxgillen Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 There were Scott's fairy wrasses for sale???? I am totally looking for one!We were all looking into the display wanting to take home some frags and that is when we started talking about fragging the wrasse,I am thinking that the fish in the display are not for sale but I could be wrong. I know if he went in with a net to catch him there would be plenty of frags to go round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Thanks for posting up pictures Robert! Looks like you had a pretty good turnout! Garret's shop is always fun to see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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